Understanding the Current Pop-Culture Discourse (part VI): Popular Online Vocabulary
Haven't posted these ones in a while. If you've missed the previous editions, they can be found through this link (and also one more here).
For today: two phrases.
1. "This." - If you wanna emphasize your overly enthusiastic agreement with what someone else has posted, all you have to do is say "This." You don't have to know or think about anything that supports what has been said, you don't have to find any arguments, let alone critical assessment of what has been said (who needs critical thinking nowadays anyway?!). All you have to do is write this neat little phrase.
Note: the point at the end is crucial. Without it this minimalist sentence becomes too immature, it gets some complexity, you know, and as everyone nowadays online knows "less is more"!!! So, you better stick to the point.
2. "Amen" - pretty much the same as 1. Except, this time you don't have to even use the point. Just stay away from the exclamation mark and you'll do fine.